What goes in, must come out — and when it does come out, it's basically a murky crystal ball into your gastrointestinal health. Poo is the funky combo of water, fiber, bacteria, cells, and mucus that fills your toilet bowl — and that's all good. However, when weird colors, textures, and consistencies get up in the… »4/10/13 12:05pm 4/10/13 12:05pm

I'll admit that I've never thought much about what happens to the castoffs I successfully convince resale stores to take off my hands a few times a year. I've always been captivated by the in-store vetting process, since I love/hate watching bratty teenage salespeople comb through my ill-thought-out sample sale… »6/18/12 6:00pm 6/18/12 6:00pm

It has been drilled into us since childhood that there's no use crying over spilled milk, but it turns out that spilled milk—specifically milk wasted by people who buy it and don't use it—has a real effect on the environment. Scientists found that the milk poured down the drains of UK's residents has the same carbon… »5/15/12 10:25am 5/15/12 10:25am

Looks like we've got another H&M on our hands: if you return an unworn item to Victoria's Secret, the store will most likely destroy it. And we're not talking bras and underwear here — the wasteful corporate policy came to light after a Florida woman returned a pair of sweat pants, which had never before known the… »4/26/11 4:19pm 4/26/11 4:19pm